Processos criativos na performance musical improvisada: uma análise microgenética

Diogo Monzo; Monica Souza Neves-Pereira

doi:10.33871/vortex.2026.14.11446

Authors

Diogo Monzo Universidade de Brasília https://orcid.org/0009-0000-8033-8498
Monica Souza Neves-Pereira Universidade de Brasília https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1901-6072

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33871/vortex.2026.14.11446

Keywords:

Musical Improvisation, Musical Performance, Creative Processes, Microgenetic Analysis, Cultural Psychology

Abstract

This article investigates the use of microgenesis in the construction and interpretation of data in studies of musical improvisation, drawing on a previous doctoral study (Monzo, 2022). It discusses the methodological relevance of this approach for tracing and interpreting creative processes in the course of improvisation. The study used as a reference was qualitative and idiographic and was grounded in cultural models of human development and creativity. Musicians’ verbal reports following improvisational performances were analyzed through microgenesis. The discussion highlights the methodological possibilities of this approach for (1) examining individual and collective actions; (2) tracing ongoing interactions; (3) identifying intersubjective processes; (4) considering sociocultural aspects of the improvisational context; (5) analyzing forms of expression in performance; and (6) observing the temporal organization of actions. It is concluded that microgenesis provides methodological resources for the process-oriented investigation of creativity in musical improvisation.

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Author Biographies

Diogo Monzo, Universidade de Brasília

Diogo Monzo is the author of the theoretical model and the book Distributed Free Improvisation: A Cultural Affective-Semiotic Perspective on Creativity. He holds a PhD in Music, with an emphasis on Performance Theory and Practice, from the Federal University of the State of Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO), Brazil. He is currently a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute of Psychology of the University of Brasília (UnB). Alongside his academic work, he maintains an active career as a recording artist and performer. He is also a member of the research team at the DCU Centre for Possibility Studies, where he contributes to interdisciplinary research on creativity, musical improvisation, and artificial intelligence.

Monica Souza Neves-Pereira, Universidade de Brasília

Mônica Souza Neves-Pereira holds a PhD in Psychology from the University of Brasília (UnB) and completed postdoctoral research at Aalborg University, Denmark (2017), and Dublin City University, Ireland (2024/2025). She is a professor at the Institute of Psychology at UnB, where she coordinates LABMIS and the CRIAR collective. She is a full member of ISSCI (France) and the Possibility Studies Network (Ireland). Her research focuses on cultural psychology, creativity, human development, and education, with particular attention to creativity in schools and its relationship with racism. She is the author of the books A Dialogical Approach to Creativity (2023), Teorias da Criatividade (2020) e A Psicologia Cultural Chega à Escola (2023).

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